Bid Alzheimer’s Goodbye Auction, music from Cathaus plus silent and live auctions, benefits people in Maine living with Alzheimer’s disease, The Landing at Pine Point, Scarborough. $50. alz.org/maine. 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. March 14.

Maine Restaurant Week, more than 75 restaurants offer reduced fixed prices for lunch and dinner, plus Signature Event and other special events throughout Maine. Various prices. Schedule at mainerestaurantweek.com. Continues Thursday to Sunday.

“Mother Caring for 7 Billion” (2011), documentary about population explosion; Hilary Clark of Maine Population Matters will facilitate discussion after film; York Public Library. Free. york.lib.me.us. 7 p.m. Friday.

“Departures” (2008, Rated PG-13), drama about an unemployed cellist who takes a job preparing the dead for funerals, in Japanese with English subtitles, Blue Hill Public Library. Free/donation. 667-7170. 7 p.m. Friday.

16th Annual Maine Jewish Film Festival, shorts, features and documentaries with Jewish themes or connections plus special events, Nickelodeon Cinemas, Portland, and various venues. $8 per screening ($6 for students and seniors ages 65 and older); $109 for all-festival pass. Schedule at mjff.org. Saturday to March 16.

Reza Jalali, author of the children’s book “Moon Watchers”; Jelali will also teach children how to write their names in Arabic; Samuel L. Cohen Children’s Library, Portland. portlandlibrary.com. 10:30 a.m. Saturday.

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